| Wadia family | |
|---|---|
| Current region | Mumbai, India |
| Place of origin | Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Members | Ardaseer Cursetjee Bahman Pestonji Darashaw Nosherwan Lovji Nusserwanjee Neville Wadia Dina Jinnah Nusli Wadia Ness Wadia Jehangir Wadia J. B. H. Wadia Homi Wadia Fearless Nadia Jamshed "Jim" Wadia Spenta R. Wadia |
| Connected families | Jinnah family |
| Traditions | Zoroastrianism |
| Heirlooms | Wadia Group |
The Wadia family[1] is a Parsi family from Surat, India, currently based in Mumbai, India.[2] The family rose to wealth in the mid-1700s as shipbuilders serving the British East India Company as the latter established its sway over India.
During the declining years of the British Raj, Neville Wadia, scion of the main branch of the family, married Dina Jinnah, the only child of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Despite being the only descendants of the founder of Pakistan, the family chose to stick to their mills and factories in India rather than emigrate to the new country.
They prospered abundantly under Nehru-Gandhi dispensation and today, they run the Wadia Group of companies, one of the larger industrial conglomerates in India.[3]
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